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Deserved Repr00f.

There was stir at the railroad sta
ton, and two pretty girls came aboard.
They laughed and giggled; threw
kisses to their friends at the depot;
gave silly messages and good-byes,
and as the train started, they took
seat behind a commercial traveller.
There were other seats vacant, but
they preferred this, and rustled into it
with u series Of little shrieks and gig
giles.
"Did you see Tom Barlow watching
us, Nellie? Te-he."
"Fe'll be there to meet us when we
get back, see if he isn't, Katie! Ha!
| hap
"Say, he's a drummer, giggled Mel
! lie, hunching her friend toward the
| front seat.
"a swell, ain't he? Oh, myw
The travellers Ii ps were compressed,
and he replied by no look or motion to
the rude speech of the merry girls.
These were young ladies, dear read
er, whose fathers and mothers would
have been greatly astonished to learn
that their daughters f1irted. But then,
the fathers and mothers are usually
the last to know what is going on
among their own young people.
"W-would you be so kind, sir, as to
tell us what time it ?" asked Nellie,
in meek little voice, while her COM
panion Uttered and looked out the
window.
The next move was made by the
gentle man. He took from his pocket
a photograph, and looked at it sadly.
The two young ladies did not see the
photograph, or recognize whether it
was man or woman, but they te-he'd
and even speculated in a low voice as
to what it might be-wife or sweet
heart.
The commercial traveller heard what
they said, and turning and holding
the photograph so that the young la
dies could see it, be said quietly but
stcrnly:
"rhat is the picture of my little
daughter, Il child of six years; she is
very i'll, and / am summoned home.
perhaps to see her die. But let me tell
you that I would rather a thousand
times know, at this moment, that she
must now be laid in her grave, than to
think she could ever grow up into
silly, dishonest woman, tempting and
toying with souls to feed her own
wicked vanity"
The two girls sank back out of sight,
mortified and angry, yet conscious
that they had found, in one travelling
man, an honcst-ninded friend who
had dared to give them a word OF
nccdrHl warning.-DC'roH Free Press.
= !i.lic boys composition on cats
Winds lIp with this reference to their
:.dvanta@c over dogs: "Cats can climb
trees. Dogs can't. That is lucky for
cats. When dog gets after them
they can climb tree, when they can
sass back without getting hurt"
Give because you love to give-as
the flower pours forth its perfume.
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Peace is no new theme. Ancient
prophets forctold it as one of the pecu-
liar glories of Messiah's reign; and
the angels, sent to announce his adj
vent, sang over his manger-cradle,
"Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will to men !" Peace
was thus the birth-song of Christiani.
ty; and its principles, fully embodied
by our Saviour in his Sermon OH the
Mount, and thickly scattered through
the New Testament, were so strictly
put in practice by the early Christians,
that not a few Of them went to the
stake rather than bear arms. The
Church, however, relapsed into a deep,
prOtr cted degeneracy on this subject,
as on many others; and for more than
thousand years after her fatal union
with the State. under Constantine, in
the fourth century, did she lend her
sanction to the custom Of war with
scarce u thought Of its glaring contra
riety to her region of peace. Still she
was not entirely without witnesses Oil
this point; for the Waldenses bore
their testimony in the very midnight
of the dark ages, and Erasmus, the
day-star of the Reformation, wrote in
behalf of Peace with an eloquence
worthy of the first scholar of the
world.
Every one knows the noble testimo-
MES borne against war by George Fox
William Penn, and their followers, for
the last two centuries but it was not
till near the downfall of Napoleon
that any general or effective efforts
were made for the specific purpose OF
abolishing this custom. David L.
Dodge, a pious and philanthropic mer,
chant of New York, was the pioneer
of these efforts in America. The first
effectuai appeal tothe public at large,
however, was made by Noah Worces-
ter, in his "Solemn Review Of the Gus
toms of War;" published in December,
1914. In August, 1915, there was
formed, in New York City, the first
Peace Society of modern time; follow
ed, the next December. by the Massa-
chusetts Peace Society, and by the
London Peace Society in June, 1916.
This concert among the friends OF
Peace, in the two hemispheres, was
without any knowledge at the time OF
each others movements or designs,
and thus gave striking proof that the
hand of an All-controlling Providence
was at work to call forth and concen-
trate the benevolent energies of Chris
tendon for the removal of this terrible
scourge. Similar societies were in
time multiplied. The American Peace
Society was organized in 1928, under
the auspices of its venerable founder,
William Ladd, and kindred efforts
have been made in France, Switzer-
land, and other portions Of Christen-
dom m.-George G. BeckWiM.
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Male citizens between twenty-one and
fifty years are liable to Poll tax.
Tax payers in Ninety-Six and Cokes-
bury townships are notified that the tax
to pay the interest on the Bonds in aid OF
the Atlantic, Greenville and Western
Railway Company, amounting to q mills
in Ninety-Six and 8 mills in Cokesbury
will be collected at the same time as the
State and County taxes, and will be sub
ject to the same penalties in case of nom
payment.
In order to further the collection of the
taxes and to accommodate the tax payers
as far as I am able have arranged the
following schedule of appointments, and
request the tax payers will take due no.
tice thereof as the Office at the Court
House will necessarily be closed on those
days:
Verdery, Tuesday, November 1st.
Bradley, Wednesday, November End.
Troy, Thursday, November 3rd.
Mccormick, Friday, November 4th and
Saturday morning till II o'clock.
Bordeaux, Saturday afternoon, Novem-
ber 5th.
Wellington, Monday morning, Novem-
ber 7th until IL o'clock.
Lowndesville, Monday afternoon, No
yember 7th from oclock and Tuesday,
November Sth.
MI. Carmel, Wednesday, November
9th.
Office at Court House the other days of
that week.
Ninety-Six, Monday, November 14th
from arrival of down train until depar-
ture of up train next day.
Greenwood, Tuesday afternoon, No
yember 18th and Wednesday morning
November 10th.
Hodges, Thursday, November 18th un-
til 8 o'clock.
Donnaldsville, Friday. November 18th.
Due West, Saturday, November 10th.
The remainder of the time will be in
the Office at the Court House.
All information as to taxes will be
cheerfully given by mail or otherwise.
j. W. PERRIN,
County Treasurer,
Sept. IA. 1887, If
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Bill Arp.

The inter State convention was a
success Our leading farmers will
keep pegging away until they find out
what is the matter with farming, and
then may be will change our methods
and get along better. / am glad the
convention found out what was not
the matter. That is good way to
narrow down the investigation. 1t is
now settled that it is not the tariff that
depresses farming-but Kentucky
mules and western meat and northern
spectators have a good deal to do
with it.
But the greatest embarrassment over
our up country farming is disincli-
nation to work. Our farmers will
plow and hoe pretty well when they
get at it, but Joe Bradley told me that
if a man didn't scratch his head in the
field by sunrise he wouldn't succeed
in farming. I have watched Joe fen
years and he is a success. He never
went to town except on business, and
he attended to his business and return
ed home with alacrity and went to
work Some of his nabors would lose
nearly the whole day when they went
to town. Joe saves the scrapings of
his barn-yard and the fence corners
and has heaps of compost. He raises
his own meat and some to sell. He
buys calves in the neighborhood and
pastures them until they grow big and
fat. He oils his harness and keeps his
wagon creased, and when rainy day
comes, he goes to his workshop and
fixes up the plows and hoes and axes.
Joe loves to work and is always at it,
and so of course he is accumulating.
But a good many of our farmers have
almost quit attending to little things.
1t is so handy to buy meat that he
won't raise hogs. 1t is SO handy to
buy fertilizers that he never scrapes
the barnyard but lets it all wash away.
He will give fifteen cents for all AK
handle rather than make one. If a
man comes along the road he will talk
to him half an hour. He will hunt
squirrels and go fishing, or attend JUS
tices court when his crop is in the
grass, and so of course he is always be-
hind. He has to rent poor land be-
cause he amt 'fitten' to tend any 9TH
er kind. So after all it is more in the
farmer than the farm.
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If any one does you favor or gives
you q present, say "thank you" in
prettiest manner But don't allow
Yourself to fall into the wretched and
underbred habit of saying thanks"
upon all occasions. The effect of the
curt, sighting word upon the feelings
of the person to whom you are indebt-
ed is very much, as Mrs. Sherman Gle
verify says, las if you did your graft
tude up in ball and fired it at the
head of your friend"
An obligation is almost cancelled by
q graceful acknowledgement, and no
one should be so ungracious as to be
wanting in politeness in this particu-
lar.
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Sherif's Sale.
dlaw & Edwards against Hugh r. Gilbert

Wardlaw & Edwards against Hugh r. Gilbert
Execution.
DY virtue of an execution to me directed, In
d the above stated case, will sell to the
highest bidder, at public auction, within the
legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House,
on Monday the seventh day Of November A.
D. 1887, all the right, title and interest of Hugh
r. Gilbert in the following described property,
to wit: All that tract or parcel OF land. sit
uate, lying and being in the County OF Able
Vile, South Carolina, and known as the Lee
place. and containing
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES,
more or less, and bounded by lands of James
McCaslan, w. D Mars. w. w. Mars and 9TH
ers. Levied on and to be sold as the property
of Hugh R. Gilbert, to satisfy the aforesaid ex-
ecution and costs. Also,
~ BALES COTTON,
more or less. Seized and to be sold under an
Attachment and the above Executions.
TERMS-Cash.
]. F. G. DCPRE,
Sheriff Abbeville County.
Oct 10 1887 At
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ORANGE MoISTURE.-An orange
will keep cut bread or biscuit fresh
when in the same package, and the
same orange will serve for several days
for different supplies of sandwiches.
Do not select a rusty-skin orange, as
you want the freshness to permeate
through the skin, and the brown and
black rust keeps all this freshness in
the inside of the orange. Any clear
skinned, light-colored orange will do.
So says all exchange.
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co NJ MON S.
The Praise of Good Doctors.
BY SAMUEL W. DUFFlELD.

BY SAMUEL W. DUFFlELD.
The best of all the pill-box crew,
Since ever time began,
Are the doctors who have most to do
With the health of hearty man.
And so count them up again
And praise them as can;
There's DIR. Diet,
And DR.. Quiet,
And DR.. Merryman.
There's Dr. Diet, he tries my tongue.
81 know you WE'LL" says he:
"Your stomach Is poor and your liver 1
sprung.
We must make your food agree"
And DR.. Quiet, he feels my wrist
And he gravely shakes his head.
"Now, now, dear sir, must insist
That you 60 at ten to bed"
But DR.. Merrymap for me
or all the pill-boX crew!
For he smiles and says, as he fobS his fee:
Laugh on, whatever you do!
So now eat what ought to eat,
And at ten 60 70 bed,
And laugh In the face of cold or heat;
For thus have the doctors said!
And SO I count them up again,
And praise them rs l can:
There's DR.. Diet,
And DIR. Quiet,
And DR.. Merryman!
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SCHOOLS.
"Of Such is the Kingdom Of Heaven -

Little feet may find the pathway
Leading upward unto God;
Little hands may learn to scatter
Seeds OF precious truth abroad.
Youthful hearts may be the temple
For the Spirits dwelling place
ChildhoOd'S lips declare the riches
Of Gods all-abounding grace.
Little one though frail and earth-born,
Heirs Of blessedness may be;
For the Savior whisperetb gently,
"Suffer such 10 come to me-"
And in that eternal kingdom, p
Mid the grand, trinmphal throng,
Childish voices sweet may minele
In the glorious choral song. .-..
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To Remove Sears.

Persistent rubbing with oil night
and morning will remove scars. Olive
oil will answer, but neatsfoot oil is IA
ther more rapid in its effects. In the
case of burns when the tendons are
stiff and contracted, rubbing with oil
will render the part affected almost as
supple as before the injury. In severe
cases the rubbing must be continued
for an hour morning and evening.
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Facts and Figures-The Cost of War
What Europe Spends Annually for
its Armies and NayieS.

Excluding the greater horrors of
Neutrality-suspicious., stealing, robbery,
murder, &c.-let the evil be viewed
from a financial standpoint as taken
by the New York World:
Mr.. Lewis Appleton, of the British
and Foreign Arbitration Society, has
Just published Il pamphlet containing
some statistics in regard to the cost OF
war. They are intended, of course, to
aid the cause Of international nrbltra-
ton, and the disbanding Of the inn
mrnse standing armies that are eating
up Il large share Of the substance OF
Europe. The annual expenditure OF
all the European powers for their ar
mics and navies is s., 1857 800, 900. The
national debts of Europe, which were
incurred bv war nearly altogether, ag-
gregate S54 1l3, ,O57 $50. Nearly ST.
OO0, 900, 900 annually is paid out for ln-
terest.
There are at present actually under
arms 4,123,G75 men, and the number
trained for war and subject to call is
lG, ,697, ,4S4. Besides these, there are
29l ,353 men in the navies, comprising
3O4 ;ronclads and monitors, and 1872
frigatcs. All this is sustained because
of the ambitions and greed Of COM
parativcly few men, and the necessity
of guarding against them. The work.
inSncn pay the bills and necessarily
remain in poverty. 1t is OIL them that
the burden rests. Others may fail on
account of it to be as rich as they 9TH
erwise would be, but the suffering
comes on the laboring classes. There
is weighty sermon in these figures.
Not great while ago one man told
another that he believed he had resort
ed to deception in the carrying out of
his plans. This did not seem 70 excite
The accused. But the speaker went
on, II say YOU either rcSortcd to de-
ception or you were ouigrncraldcd."
AS soon rs hc made this charge the
man was greatly reused. Alas! how
many there arc WHO would rather he
recognized ;s scOundrcls than consid-
ercu To be fools.
War and Christianity are like the
opposite ends of balance, of which
one is depressed by the elevation of
the other.-Jonathan Dymond.
That which was bitter to endure
may be sweet to remember.
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CREAM TOAsT.-Toast slices of stale
bread, put them into q covered dish,
put one quart of cream into a spider
easily handled, Il little salt; stir Il tea
spoon of flour into little cold milk OF
cream, and when the cream in the spi-
der Just begins to boil, put in the flour.
Let it boil but Il momcnt, then pour it
over the toasted bread. II you have
to Use milk instead Of cream, put but
ter enough to make it rich.
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BAKED PorAToEs.-Select potatoes
of uniform size, peel and parboil them,
then place them in a bake pan, sprin-
kle salt and pepper over them, and put
Il little butter in the pan place them
in brick oven, and bake until nicely
Drowned, then transfer them to a dish,
and send them hot to the table.
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RICE AND ONIoNs.-Cut up an on
ion and fry it brown, without burning
it. Put the slices in saucepan with
half a pound of rice, cover it with wa
ter or stock and let it cook slowly un-
til it is quite soft and swelled. Season
with nutmeg and pepper and serve
with grated cheese. Color it with saf-
from while cooking, and you have the
Italian dish.
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A Sweet and Happy Spirit.

A somewhat noted philosopher,
when asked what quality he most
highly esteemed in woman. replied,
"a sweet and happy spirip'-what the
French call !gdiefe tia cOcW (light-
hcartcdncss. \ lady correspondent
of the RurM NcW YorhCr takes this
for text, and proceeds Not learn
lug, not beauty, but simply sunny
disposition that enables her to find
pleasure in all things, great and small
this it is in the power of every wo-
man to possess. Every one knows
how utterly disagreeablea contentious
woman can make herself, and every
one is familiar with the type Of wo-
man who is never pleased, be the skies
sunny or cloudy. A woman who can
smile when the bread comes out of the
oven undcrdone or burned, when the
kitchen fire smokes, when the clothes
will not dry, and when the children
are unusually cross, does not add to
her own burdens, and lightcns those
of every one clse.n It may be added,
however land this by no means helps
tbe aforesaid contentious woman'O,
that abundant facts ncceSSitate the
statement, that the race of ''cOntenti-
Gus" fault-tinding men is by no means
extinct. And the gazette du cOe"r in
either case can have 10 sure founda-
tion but in faith in the Itedcemer.
Iappeal to the experience of every
Christian: when the Savior appears
precious to your soul, when strongSril-
sations of love to him eXpaDH roHr
heart with desire that a!l mas Kind
might behold the same excellent .-iotE
do you, or can you feel Il wish 10 en-
brue your hands in the blood Of your
enemy? TO SEQ Christians, whose re-
i;wium consists, in LcH"rui'Hc", who pro-
fp,S 10 hc followers Of Christ, and
whose instructions are to love their
enemies, to see SUch engaging in MUIR
derous war is truly amazing.
There is no war among men but
what arises from some vice, from COW
etousness, or ambition, or an immod-
crate love of glory.-Plutdrch.
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HOUSE AND FARM.
Do Cows Need Exercise.

This much-mootcd question is of
quite recent origin. It is natural to
suppose that all animal life needs ex-
crcise in order to retain all its func-
tons in healthy activity. But what
kind Of exercise? Not very much To-
comotion is needed in secreting milk.
Even general health is maintained
with quite moderate exercise. Do not
COWS get considerable exercise in STEP
ping around, getting up and down,
reaching for food. and licking them
selves when so confined as to be per-
mitted to do so?
In Holland cows are confined in a
hot stable at the beginning of winter,
and are not let out until settled warm
weather. This, at first, seemed i'll
credible; yet all witnesses testify to
the healthy condition of the Holland
cows. Gradually, during the last few
years, American dairymen have more
closely confined their cows and kept
them warmer than ever bcfore--not
only keeping them in warm stables,
but resorting to artificial heat and Civ
ing them warm water to drink. Thus
far, all testify to the beneficial results
arising from these practices.
1t is not the nature of COW to eXer-
else much. She prefers in the open
field to crop the grass quietly until her
stomach is full, and then lie down in
the shade and peacefully chew her
cud, with dreamy expression of the
eye that denotes rest and enjoyment.
She does not run and cavort like the
horse. This is not her mission.
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The True Christian Minister.

ga true minister of Christ, after His
example, is neither detail ned in one
place by the sweetness of the applause
of some, nor discouraged from his
ministry by the jealousy and calumny
of others. There is an extreme want
of laborers in the Church. There are
abundance who bear this character,
but few who really work, and great
many who work in the Lords name,
but very few whom He will own for
his ministers. Jesus Christ requires
for laborerS. not snch as by intrigucs
and human solicitations assume the Of
flee, but such as are the fruit Of the
Church's prayer; not such as enter i'll
to the harvest to make themselves the
lords of it, but those who labor only
for the profit of the Lord Of it: not
such as in the repOse of an idle life en-
10y the honor and temporal advan-
tages Of the ministry, but such as
work hard, like daily laborers. We
do not sufficiently comprehend how
much it is our duty and interest TO
pray for the obtaining good bishops,
good curates, holy preachers, full Of
zeal, knowledge, and disinterested-
ness"
So long as merely offensive wars are
The hi,ct Of deteslation, with no at
tack on the war-System itself, the war
ON our side will be approved as dclrn-
sive. Such has been, and will be, the
utterance of every nation. No dogma
that the Papal See ever inculcated can
surpass the war-system in absurdity.
The burning of heretics to purify the
church is cast into the shade by it.
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Masters Sale.
Tile State Of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE,

Zhe State Of South Cdr0ta'aG,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE,
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Adger Griffin Alexander against Elizabeth A.
Alexander ct al.-Partition.
DY virtue of an order of sale made in the
- above stated case, l will offer for sale at
public outcry at Abbeville e. H., 5; C3 on
Saleday in November, 1887. within the legal
erty, situate in said State and County, to wit:
All that tract or parcel of land, known as the
Alexander Estate, containing
One Hundred and Forty-Three Acres,
more or less, bounded on the North by lands
of james +. Davis, East by C.. & 6. R. R.,
South by b. c. Parks, West by w. H. Whit
lock, R. p. Blake, and w. j. Wells,
the incorporate limits of
the Town of. Greenwood.
Said tract Of land has been survey
ed and divided into "a lots, Of which Lot No.
| fronts OH Wells street Lot No. 2 to No. 10 in
elusive front on Railroad street, and Lots NO.
10 10 No. q inclusive front on Alexander
street.
The foregoing Lots range in size from
ONE and ONE-HALF to FIVE ACRES:
Lots No %, 2S and "a also front on Railr0ad !
THREE, TWENTY-SEVEN and THIRTY
ACRES. All are fine building lots. Each Lot
will be sold separately. Plats may be seen at
my office or on application to Hon. w. X.
Blake, at Greenwood, s. G.
TERMS OF SALE-One-third cash, balance
in two equal annual installments Of one and
two years, with interest thereon from day Of
sale, at the rate Of ten per centum per an
MUM; the credit portion to be secured by
bond with approved surety and mortgage Of
the property sold, with leave to the purchaser
to anticipate the second and third payments.
Purchaser to pay the Master for papers and
pay for recording the mortgages.
]. T.. KLUGH, Master.
Oct TO- 1887 1t
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TAX NOTICE |!

LIN ACCORDANCE WITH HE AC
to raise supplies for the fiscal year com
mencing November 1st, 1886, notice is
hereby given that the Treasurer's office
Of Abbeville County will be open for the
collection of taxes